2023 Winchester City Council election

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16 out of 45 seats to Winchester City Council 23 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	43.6%[1]
First party Second party   Leader Martin Tod[2] Caroline Horrill Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Last election 27 seats, 45.8% 15 seats, 38.1% Seats before 28 13 Seats won 13 2 Seats after 30 12 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 20,672 13,290 Percentage 50.1% 32.2% Swing 4.3% 5.9%   Third party Fourth party   Party Green Independent Last election 1 seat, 10.4% 2 seats, 0.7% Seats before 1 3 Seats won 1 0 Seats after 2 1 Seat change 1 2 Popular vote 5,224 0 Percentage 12.7% 0.0% Swing 2.3% 0.7%
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Winchester City Council election
Leader before election Martin Tod Liberal Democrats Leader after election Martin Tod Liberal Democrats

The 2023 Winchester City Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Winchester City Council in Hampshire, England.^[3] This was on the same day as other local elections in England.

The council was under Liberal Democrat majority control prior to the election. They increased their majority on the council at the election.^[4][5]

2023 Winchester City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	13	2	81.3	17	30	66.7	20,672	50.1	+4.3
	Conservative	2	1	12.5	10	12	26.7	13,290	32.2	–5.9
	Green	1	1	6.3	1	2	4.4	5,224	12.7	+2.3
	Independent	0	2	0.0	1	1	2.2	N/A	N/A	–0.7
	Labour	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	2,018	4.9	–0.2
	Reform UK	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	84	0.2	N/A

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Winchester City Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2023. The results for each ward were as follows:^[6]